I couldn’t quite meet my reading goal in 2023. From the 20 books I meant to read I only got 17, and despite being very near the objective, not reaching it made me very sad. For 2024, I’ve decided to keep the goal, that is, read the same 20 books I meant to read before. But there’ll be a twist, aiming at my own happiness.

Part of the reason of my not being able to read the 20 books set for 2023 lies in a simple explanation: I mixed too much fiction and non-fiction. I love reading the first, and I dislike (hate?) reading the latter, doing so just because I have to, mostly because of professional reasons. The thing is, although I’ve never measured it properly, I believe it must take me almost 4 times to read non-fiction compared to fiction (now I’ll have to make this calculation and post about it).

So I decided to be happier in 2024. These 20 books will be my goal, as I’ve said above — but they’ll be 20 fiction books. I’ll read non-fiction using my non-fiction rule and taking my time. This is certainly going to make me happier this year.

And I have to say, before finishing this post, that I was fiddling with the idea of writing this post already, but it came to be faster, after I saw Tom Gauld’s New Year’s Resolution comic, one he published last Monday. As an avid reader, I’ve always loved his comics, all about books and reading, so I have to agree with him once again: THIS YEAR I WILL READ FOR FUN.